Portfolio Composition on February 17, 2017

While much of the discussion here is on financial markets, my personal investments are more diversified. More than 50% of my investments are in real estate (including my self occupied house and office*). My equity investments (including PMS, Equity Mutual Funds and Direct Equity) amount to less than 25% of my total investment. Trading Equity(**) amounts to less than 7% of my entire set of investments.

Over time, I expect to see movement in this portfolio composition, with the relative allocation to equity increasing, the allocation to indian real estate investments decreasing, the role of overseas real estate investment increasing (from zero presently), the allocation to angel investments increasing and the role of bullion rising to around 2% of porfolio.

Notes

P.S. * I debated whether to include my self occupied house and office in my total investments. The reason for the debate is that you are unlikely to sell your house or office, so why include them in the mix. I eventually included them, because both are really too large for my long term needs. They are fungible, because I could also move to smaller spaces at a much lower cost.

P.P.S. ** While the amount of trading equity is only 6.7%, in reality, it is larger, if I include the cash I hold in reserve for drawdowns, and the stocks that I can give as margin for trading.